I didn’t get a response to my nasty-gram that I sent last week, but I rang up again and spoke to a guy who looked through the options and asked why I didn’t just book the 7:41 am service out of Coffs Harbour on the way home. That’s a good question – I guess I’ve always felt that I was… Read more →
I tried to book train tickets for Christmas holidays today 🙁 Obviously I’d forgotten how much of a pain it was the last time I did it (two years ago). Still, I didn’t have the issue with the service north like I did on that previous trip – this time it was the return service from Coffs Harbour at 12:27…. Read more →
The trip up was reasonable. Bobbie dropped me at the station at about 6:15; the luggage people asked what I was giving them for transport, and I said it was a bike – they said OK. At Coffs, I was walking along the station towards the luggage cart and didn’t see the bike bag, so I called out that there… Read more →
I sent in some questions to CountryLink on their website regarding the BodyBag, and the rigmarole I went through in last year’s booking, where I had to make a booking to Casino and then vary it back to Coffs Harbour. This was their response: You will be pleased to know that our booking restrictions for the 7.15am Sydney to Casino… Read more →
I bought a Body Bag from GroundEffects, since I decided that getting boxes everytime I wanted to leave the city for a ride was wasteful. This bag folds up into an A4, book-thick size that can be strapped to the rear rack, and it’s only 1.15 kg. To get the bike in it, I removed the handlebars, the seat, the… Read more →
